Issue details

Future Jobs Fund

The Future Jobs Fund is a government initiative which aims to create new, short term jobs for people approaching 12 months unemployment. The report will outline the background to the submission of a joint bid into the Fund by Mid-Lancashire local authorities, seek Cabinet endorsement of the bid and seek approval for the Council to support the scheme by identifying suitable placements.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Financial and Community Impact;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Decision due: 1 September 2009 by Cabinet

Lead member: Councillor Abbott Bryning abryning@lancaster.gov.uk

Department: Environmental Services

Contact: Bill Kindon, Principal Economic Development Officer Bill Kindon, Principal Economic Development Officer, 01524 582071, Email: wkindon@lancaster.gov.uk Email: wkindon@lancaster.gov.uk Tel: 01524 582071.

Consultation process

Comments in writing to the Head of Economic Development

Consultees

No specific consultees. The proposed bid was discussed at the Employment & Skills Work Group, a sub-group of the LDLSP Education, Skills and Opportunities Thematic Group.

Date for representations to be received: 31st July 2009

Background papers and reason no public access: Guide to the Future Jobs Fund, DWP (www.dwp.gov.uk/futurejobsfund)

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